Chapter 32 Generous

When Guan Yu received Liu Bei's urgent letter, he didn't believe that such a big pie would fall from the sky. It was not until Deng Ai sent someone to inform him to hand over the weapons and food in Shi'an that he believed that Liu Bei's words were true. Looking at the mountains of weapons and the stockpiles of military rations in front of him, Guan Yu felt happy and smiled rarely.

"General Deng is indeed a young hero." The tall Guan Yu looked down at Deng Ai, who was handsome in front of him, and praised him with a beautiful beard. He showed a rare praise in his slender phoenix eyes. He had fought many battles with Deng Ai, but he knew that the opposite side was a child who was not an adult like Cao Chong, but he had never seen Deng Ai. Now when he saw Deng Ai, who looked handsome and had a vigor all over his body, he felt a little fond of love in his heart. Of course, this had a lot to do with his good mood now.

Deng Ai bowed humbly to Guan Yu and bowed to him: "General Guan praised him. Deng Ai was just relying on his military skills and arrows to deal with the general without a crushing defeat. How dare Ai be a hero in front of the general? Since Ai entered my son's family, he has often heard from my son that this hero in the world is only Guan, Zhang and Zhao. Unfortunately, he is not lucky enough to be an enemy of the general. Fortunately and misfortune are all destiny. Now General Zuo and my son have become in-laws, which is exactly what my son wants."

Deng Ai said very humblely, just as Guan Yu was in his heart. He was in a better mood. He actually laughed a few times: "General Deng should not be humble. General Deng is the first person to be able to be entangled with Guan for two or three years without losing the defeat. Moreover, General Deng is not as weak as Guan is over fifty years old, and his future is unlimited. Guan is old and has few opportunities to compete with the general. On this battlefield, he will soon be the world of young heroes like General Cao and Deng."

Deng Ai waved his hands repeatedly, and he turned his hand sideways, led Guan Yu forward a few steps, and entered the camp. When Guan Xing saw it, he was quite nervous and hurriedly brought his personal guards to guard. Guan Yu turned his head and looked at him coldly, signaling him to stop in the same place, and followed Deng Ai into the camp with him. Deng Ai secretly praised himself. Guan Yu was really as the young master said, and he was so brave that he was not as mortals dared to think. He actually brought only one personal guard and went into the camp with him. It can be said that he was extremely brave, or it can be said that he was the number one in the world.

"General, this is the armor that my young master ordered to leave. There are 7,000 swords, 3,000 spears, 5,000 shields, 3,000 mattes of bows, and 150,000 arrows, all made of excellent Jingzhu." Deng Ai pointed to the piles of neatly arranged weapons and talked to Guan Yu. A series of numbers blurted out. He pointed to more than a dozen tall thunderbolts in front and said: "These thunderbolts were damaged in the early stage. I have ordered people to repair them. I will go back to Quanling and not take these things away. If the general needs them, he can take them away together. It would be better to attack Panyu City."

Guan Yu was full of interest and circled around the thunderbolt cart and the huge stone ball, and praised: "It's indeed a powerful tool. General Deng, I have suffered a lot from this thunderbolt cart. Seeing these, I really love and hate, and I feel mixed feelings."

Deng Ai smiled slightly, stroked the thick wooden arms of the Pili chariot, and continued: "These Pili chariots are of great use to attack the city, but they are also very troublesome to transport. If you want to transport it to Panyu City, it will be a lot of trouble."

"Then... are you all created here?" Guan Yu asked.

"What the general said is very much." Deng Ai said with a hint of pride: "The officers above the squad leader in our army's baggage camp are all talented students from the Institute of Technology of Xiangyang Academy. The baggage camp with 300 people is responsible for their responsibility. A hundred thunderbolt chariots can be built in ten days."

Guan Yu's heart moved, and his high head lowered a little: "General Deng, it's too difficult to transport these thunderbolt cars to Panyu. Do you think you can borrow a few people to go to Panyu with me and do it under the city?"

Deng Ai looked at him and smiled: "General Guan, you don't know anything. The people in my baggage camp have their own division of labor. It is useless to go a few people. There are only three hundred people to go together. Even if it is simple, it will take fifty people in a group. The manpower of the baggage camp is not ordinary. The general has to transfer so many people at once, but I have no right."

Guan Yu looked at Deng Ai who was smiling, and thought that his request was a bit too much. It was Cao Chong who gave him a lot of face to him by how many such powerful weapons in the army were already giving Liu Bei. He wanted to even pull people away, which was really a bit whimsical. Although he could figure it out, he was still a little disappointed when he thought that such a powerful weapon could not be used, and sighed regretfully.

Deng Ai said again: "If you need it, you can ask General Zuo to explain to my son. If I receive the document, I can send the baggage camp to Nanhai County to help the general. Otherwise, I will be helpless. Please forgive me."

"It's okay." Guan Yu smiled generously: "I also know that General Deng has done his best. I can't even see such a powerful weapon as someone else, so I've burned it with a fire."

Deng Ai quickly gave a bow: "Thank you for understanding, General."

His attitude has always been very respectful. Guan Yu was in a very good mood. Although he was a little regretful that he could not get the thunder chariot, it did not affect his mood. He pointed to the tall granaries in front and said, "General Deng, is this the military ration left to me?"

"That's right." Deng Ai walked up, picked up a handful of snow-white rice, let the rice fall from his fingers one by one, and said with some regret: "There are 20,000 stones here, which is enough for the general's 5,000 people to eat for two months. To be honest, if it weren't for the orders of the young master, I would not have been willing to leave these military rations to the general no matter what. This is all the sweat of the people of my Jingzhou."

Guan Yu was filled with joy. Liu Bei told him that Deng Ai would leave him a batch of grain, but he never expected that it would be so much rice. Oh my God, he had only collected less than 100,000 stones of grain in total, which was just three feet of digging the ground. Many families' food rations were stolen by him. Unexpectedly, Cao Chong took 20,000 stones of rice with one move, and it was all white rice.

Is Jingzhou already so rich? If we take over the three counties of Wuling, Lingling and Changsha, wouldn’t it be released?

A trace of greed flashed through Guan Yu's heart, and he felt a little ashamed. He was supporting him, but he was thinking about beating him, which was really embarrassing. His face turned red, but fortunately his face was already red, so Deng Ai couldn't see it.

"Thank you so much for the general this time." Guan Yu hurriedly covered up.

"It's okay, General Zuo and Gongzi are now a family, so it's worth supporting one thing." Deng Ai took Guan Yu to see the camp, then bowed to Guan Yu and said, "General, all the supplies have been handed over. I will take people back to Quanling. I wish the general a success."

"There will be a time later." Guan Yu clasped his fists and said with a sigh.

Deng Ai bowed again, took a few steps back, turned over, and hugged Guan Yu again, then rushed away with his guards. Guan Yu stood in the camp, watching Deng Ai's agile figure disappear outside the camp, then turned around and looked at the orderly camp, and he liked it the more he looked. He looked at Guan Xing who was hurriedly walking in with his guards, and suddenly felt bored. His son thought it was good, but why did he become like a pig when he compared him with Deng Ai?

Perhaps, only his daughter Yinping could compare with him. Guan Yu suddenly felt a move in his heart and remembered the engagement with Sun Quan. His mother's family had become like this, and this engagement should be invalidated.

"An Guo, come here." Guan Yu looked at Guan Xing, who was laughing around the grain tank, and became more and more unhappy. He began to wonder if this kid was his biological child. Why was his heroic spirit not inherited at all. He knew that he was smirking when he looked at the good things.

Guan Yu was reluctant to give up the pili chariots. He sent someone to load the pili chariots, weapons and grains onto a large ship, and passed through Lishui to the water and sent them to the bottom of Panyu City. When Liu Bei saw the pili chariot, he was so happy that his chin almost fell off. He circled around the pili chariot several times, and said to Zhao Yun and Yin Guan while smiling: "With this pili chariot, this Panyu City should be broken, but unfortunately there are too few, only a dozen. If there are a hundred pili chariots under the city, it is probably not necessary to fight. Buzishan and Sun Boyang will be frightened."

Sun Qian was also very surprised. Like everyone else, he didn't expect Cao Chong to be so generous this time, and he even gave him a weapon like a Pili Car. He looked at Liu Bei who was ecstatic and smiled and said, "Lord, this time my son-in-law really has no reservations to support him. He has both weapons and military rations. He even gave him Pili Car, and almost sent him."

Liu Bei stopped and the smile on his face disappeared. He turned around and stared at Sun Qian for a long time before grinning and said, "Kongyou, you came back very well last time. With these things, I want to take down Nanhai County. I don't need him to send someone to Jiaozhou again. This Jiaozhou..."

Liu Bei opened his arms, raised his face and slowly turned around, his eyes swept across everyone's faces until everyone focused their eyes on his face. Then he smiled calmly and said word by word: "It's mine."

Everyone was stunned. Zhao Yun was the first to react, stepped forward half a step, knelt down on one knee, and bowed: "See your lord to death."

Yin Guan and others immediately understood and followed him to bow down. The voices of loyalty came one after another, and they continued.

Liu Bei looked at everyone quietly, a smile slowly rose from the corner of his mouth. He turned around, lowered his arms and put it behind him, looking at the hazy Panyu City in the distance, a trace of loss flashed through his heart. It seemed that he had no chance to ride a feather-covered car, and he could only live his life as the governor of Jiaozhou. I don’t know if he had the chance to go back to his hometown and look at the mulberry tree under the fence in the southeast corner of the hut.

Liu Bei stood quietly, Zhao Yun and others knelt on the ground without moving. They could not hear any sound from Liu Bei, and they were all a little nervous. After a long time, Zhao Yun called Liu Bei and said softly: "Everyone, get up. Zilong, where is Lu Xun?"

Zhao Yun was stunned for a moment, stood up, took a step towards Liu Bei, and stood behind him and whispered: "Lord, according to the scouts, Lu Xun has already arrived in Longchuan. He has stopped there for half a month and has not moved forward. He seems to have to wait for something."

"Who is the deputy general?"

"Pinous General Pan Zhang and Pan Wengui."

Liu Bei smiled contemptuously: "Yi Mau Er, since the Battle of Jiangling, there is really no one in Jiangdong. A clerk like Lu Meng has become a great commander, a Huangkouru like Lu Xun has become a heavy general, and even a Pan Zhang who is good at killing rough and chaotic people have become a partial general. Humph, how can he be my opponent?"

He stopped and continued, "Zilong, you will take five thousand people to Boluo. When he comes from Longchuan, he will definitely pass by Boluo City. When he arrives, you will block him. After I take Panyu, you will put him in. I will attack you and I and I will accept the gift from Sun Zhongmou."

When Zhao Yun heard this, his face immediately changed and he hurriedly said, "Lord, no. Although our army has five thousand people reinforced by Yunchang, its total strength is only 15,000, which is exactly the same as the enemy's strength. If I take away five thousand people, you only have ten thousand people. Even if you have a powerful weapon to attack the city, it will not be easy to take Panyu. There are five or six thousand people in Panyu City, and the food has not been consumed and the defense is not easy. The morale of the army is not chaotic, and it is not easy to attack the city."

"What do you mean?" Liu Bei smiled and turned his head to look at Zhao Yun who was anxious.

Zhao Yun shook his head: "Yun has no plan to win, but he just thinks this plan is inappropriate. Kong Lin is resourceful, why not discuss it with Kong Lin?"

Liu Bei blinked, looked at Yin Guan who was standing in the distance, hesitated for a moment, waved to Yin Guan: "Kong Lin, come close."

Yin Guan walked over with a quick step and bent down to salute: "What are the lord's instructions?"

"Reinforcements have arrived, and the weapons and food have arrived. How to fight the battle below? I wonder what trick Kong Lin has to teach me?"

Yin Guan was stunned for a moment, looked at Panyu City in the distance, and lowered his head again: "Lord, in Guanyin's opinion, 15,000 people may not be sure to attack Panyu City. It is better to lead them out of the city and fight in the field."

"Field War?" Liu Bei was a little puzzled. He shook his snow-white eyebrows, his eyes turned a few times, but he still couldn't figure it out. He turned around and took two steps to Yin Guan: "Kong Lin said in detail, how to lead them out of the city?"

"There are two strategies to watch, please refer to it." Yin Guan coughed and pointed to Panyu City and said, "Buzishan and Sun Boyang in the city have been besieged by the lord for several months. They have been frightened for a long time. At this time, we must not dare to leave the city easily. And we want to attack the city, because the lack of troops is difficult to work, so we can only lead them out of the city to attack. Our army has received the support of General Zhennan, and reinforcements have arrived, but the people in the city don't know that they must think that our army has been exhausted and cannot provide food and grass. We might as well make a last-ditch attack. If we can break the city, it will be better. If we cannot, retreat immediately. If Buzishan goes out to pursue it, we can defeat him in the wild and seize Panyu City."

"What if he doesn't come out?"

"If he doesn't come out, we will use our superior forces to surround Lu Xun. Lu Xun came from Longchuan and was nearly a thousand miles away from Panyu City, and he would definitely be tired. Moreover, the distance from Longchuan to Boluo City is a valley, so he will definitely deal with it carefully. After passing Boluo City, it is a flat river and there is no danger to defend. He will feel much more at ease. When he learned that our army was attacking Panyu City with all its might, he would definitely speed up to rescue Panyu. This is the time when our cavalry is taking effect."

"Caval?" Liu Bei suddenly laughed: "Where did the cavalry come from?"

Yin Guan quickly explained: "Although horses in central Yunnan are not taller and faster than northern horses, they are better than endurance. Yulin and Cangwu have horses. There are still seven or eight hundred horses in the scoop together. Not to mention, there are two or three hundred guards of the generals. Many of our soldiers are northerners, and they are cavalry. With generals like General Zhao who is good at using cavalry, they will have a small success in one month. Although they cannot be compared with the famous cavalry of Wuhuan, it is enough to deal with the Jiangdong army, which is purely infantry. Even if one fights three, these thousand cavalry can be regarded as three thousand Lu Xun, and with the rest of their work, our army can have the advantage. Moreover, the power of the Dian horse is long. With these cavalry, the lord can echo each other between Boluo and Panyu, and even cross Boluo City to intercept Lu Xun."

Liu Bei knew that there were Dian horses, but he was used to seeing horses from the north and had no confidence in the use of such short horses to fight, especially the enemy in the past was Cao Chong. He had experienced the power of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry under Cao Chong. He had no chance of winning against the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, so he subconsciously did not think about using Dian horses to rebuild the cavalry. After Yin Guan said this, he remembered that his current opponent was not Cao Chong, and the Jiangdong Army had no horses. Last time, Sun Boyang had eight thousand troops, but only two hundred horses. Because of his surname Sun, the other generals, Xiang Buzishan, had no more than one hundred horses. If there were seven or eight hundred cavalry at this time, he could take a lot of advantages.

But is it still too late? Lu Xun has arrived in Longchuan, only a month away from here. Isn’t it a little too late to sharpen his gun? Liu Bei was so angry that he knew the use of the Dian horse. Why didn’t you say it earlier? He only knew to blame Yin Guan at this time, but he couldn’t remember that he had ignored Yin Guan for a long time and almost killed him.

"Zilong?" Liu Bei looked at Zhao Yun with no confidence. When Zhao Yun heard this, he lowered his head and calculated and said, "Lord, I calculated that there should be a thousand veterans in the army. These people can fight after getting on the horse. As long as there is one month of training, they are still sure to deal with these infantrymen. Moreover, most of the people under Lu Xun's troops have no experience in dealing with cavalry. It will be very surprised to encounter cavalry in a hurry. We should have a chance of winning."

"Okay, that's it. I'll tell Chief Yun immediately and ask him to send all the war horses from all counties to Zilong." Liu Bei decided decisively and said again: "Let Mi Wei from Hepu, his Mi family's people are skilled in bows and horses. For the time being, he and Xing'er will be a military marquis under Zilong. After the war is over, they will be promoted to his official position."

Liu Bei thought about it and said, "You can't fight Panyu too early to avoid exposing our army's strength. Let's do this, wait until Lu Xun arrives at Boluo before attacking the city. It's enough for him to come here for 400 miles. We just took this time to practice these thunder chariots well. We only know how good it is, but we have never used it. Who knows whether it's easy to use it? Xianhe (Jian Yong), take people to prepare more stone bullets, and let the craftsmen in the army see if they can imitate it. Even if they are not as exquisite as him, it's better than nothing."

The more Liu Bei thought about it, the more he felt a pity. He sighed with displeasure: "I wish I could have a baggage battalion."

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Lu Xun stayed in Longchuan City for half a month and didn't move. Pan Zhang was so anxious that he finally couldn't help it and came to Lu Xun to find out what happened. Lu Xun was sitting in the tent reading in a Confucian suit. When he saw Pan Zhang, who was wearing a helmet and armor, came in, he laughed, put down the book and said to Pan Zhang, "General Pan, is he going to fight in such a dress?"

Pan Zhang said angrily: "I don't read and read like Master Lu, and I can recite poems and write essays. I'm here to fight. Master Lu, you have been in Longchuan for so long and have just rectified the ones. When will you set out to save Sun Zhenglu?"

Lu Xun heard him call him Captain Lu, and knew that the move Sun Quan made had worked. He was a Captain, but Pan Zhang was a general with a higher official position than him. He could command Pan Zhang now because he had Sun Quan's orders. One day he would not listen to Sun Quan's orders. Pan Zhang could take over the military power in his hands at any time, including his own five thousand troops.

Lu Xun thought for a while and looked up at Pan Zhang: "General Pan, do you know how many people Liu Bei has? How many people are there in Panyu City?"

Pan Zhang was stunned: "Didn't it mean that Liu Bei had 10,000 people and only five or six thousand people in Panyu City?"

"Yeah." Lu Xun nodded: "Five or six thousand people defend the city, and ten thousand people attack the city. Do you think it can be captured?"

Pan Zhang burst out laughing and replied without thinking: "Of course I can't conquer Panyu City. If you want to conquer Panyu City, at least 20,000 people are possible." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly understood something. He pulled off his helmet and sat down next to Lu Xun and said, "Since that's the case, why do you want us to save Panyu City?"

"We are not saving Panyu City, but Jiaozhou, at least we must regain Nanhai County." Lu Xun picked up the book again and glanced at Pan Zhang, "There will be no problem with Panyu City. When we arrive at the city, Liu Bei will retreat. But if we want to regain the cities of Nanhai County, our manpower will be in danger and we have to take over."

"How to take the cleverness?" Pan Zhang realized at this time that this time it was not only about saving a Panyu, but also regaining Nanhai County and even the entire Jiaozhou. He immediately became interested. After thinking about it for a moment, he was in trouble again. Is this 10,000 people a little less? Even if there are five or six thousand people in Panyu City, it is still not enough to sweep Jiaozhou.

"First swallow Liu Bei's main force and take back Nanhai County." Lu Xun flipped the book and said as if nothing had happened: "Liu Bei's ten thousand people attacked Panyu, and he could not attack or retreat. He could only waste it. With the financial resources of Cangwu, Yulin and Guiyang counties, the longer he supported, the weaker he was. This man was very greedy, and he could not take over Panyu City but could not take over it. When he had almost exhausted, we could easily kill his ten thousand people. As for those cities, he would naturally return to Nanhai County."

"But... can this work?" Pan Zhang was a little worried. If Sun Quan finds out, or Panyu City accidentally falls, it will be too late to rescue him here.

"From tomorrow, we will move forward twenty miles a day and move forward steadily." Lu Xun said relaxedly: "Let the scouts be released and ask about the recent situation of Panyu City first. I will send a letter to Buzishan and Sun Zhenglu, so that they can rest assured to defend the city and be at ease."
Chapter completed!